Odilon Redon

(French, 1840–1916)

Odilon Redon was a French Symbolist artist known for his pastels, prints, and paintings. He depicted a variety of motifs, including dreams, floral still lifes, landscapes, and mythological scenes. “My originality consists in bringing to life, in a human way, improbable beings and making them live according to the laws and probability,” he once said. Born Bertrand-Jean Redon on April 20, 1840 in Bordeaux, France, he studied with the artist Stanislas Gorin as a teenager. Gorin introduced him to the works of Eugène Delacroix, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, and Gustave Moreau. On his father’s wishes, Redon planned to study architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, but failed the entrance exam. However, he remained in the city, reading the literary works of Gustave Flaubert, Edgar Allan Poe, and Charles Baudelaire, and briefly studying painting under Jean-Léon Gérôme. In 1865, he returned to his family home in Bordeaux and where he learned etching and lithography from the eccentric artist Rodolphe Bresdin. Returning to Paris in 1871, Redon worked exclusively in black and white until the 1890s. This sudden use of bright color is attributable to his close friendships with Paul Gauguin and Maurice Denis. He died on July 6, 1916 in Paris, France. In 2018, Redon’s still life Fleurs set an auction record for the artist when it sold for $4,092,500 at Christies. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the National Gallery in London, among others.

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A travers ses longs Cheveux.qui lui..., 1889–1889

Odilon Redon

A travers ses longs Cheveux.qui lui..., 1889–1889

Sale Date: June 10, 2004

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Béatrice, 1897–1897

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Béatrice, 1897–1897

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Vieux chevalier, 1896–1896

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Vieux chevalier, 1896–1896

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Jeune femme de profil dans une sphère..., 1910–1910

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Jeune femme de profil dans une sphère..., 1910–1910

Sale Date: June 9, 2004

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Tête de profil dans une courbe

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Tête de profil dans une courbe

Sale Date: June 11, 2004

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Fleurs dans un vase vert, 1910–1910

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Fleurs dans un vase vert, 1910–1910

Sale Date: May 5, 2004

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Un fou dans un morne paysage, 1885–1885

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Un fou dans un morne paysage, 1885–1885

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L'aile, 1893–1893

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L'aile, 1893–1893

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine, 1896–1896

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Tentation de Saint-Antoine, 1896–1896

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Deux femmes près d'un arbre, 1905–1905

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Deux femmes près d'un arbre, 1905–1905

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Les bouleaux en automne

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Les bouleaux en automne

Sale Date: May 5, 2004

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Vase au guerrier Japonais, 1905–1905

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Vase au guerrier Japonais, 1905–1905

Sale Date: May 4, 2004

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Vase de fleurs avec branches de pommier , 1905–1905

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Vase de fleurs avec branches de pommier , 1905–1905

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L'aile, 1893–1893

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L'aile, 1893–1893

Sale Date: April 30, 2004

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897–1897

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Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, 1897–1897

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Beatrice, 1897–1897

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Beatrice, 1897–1897

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L'aile, 1893–1893

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L'aile, 1893–1893

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Le coursier, 1894–1894

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Le coursier, 1894–1894

Sale Date: April 28, 2004

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Sans titre, pl.III, 1900–1900

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Sans titre, pl.III, 1900–1900

Sale Date: April 28, 2004

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Le Buddha

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Sale Date: March 31, 2004

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Portrait of Maurice Denis, 1903–1903

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Portrait of Maurice Denis, 1903–1903

Sale Date: March 30, 2004

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La damnation de l'artiste, 1890–1890

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La damnation de l'artiste, 1890–1890

Sale Date: March 30, 2004

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Portrait of Paul Serusier, 1903–1903

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Portrait of Paul Serusier, 1903–1903

Sale Date: March 30, 2004

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Des peuples divers habitent les pays de , 1896–1896

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Des peuples divers habitent les pays de , 1896–1896

Sale Date: March 30, 2004

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